Algeria:extreme heatwave over the next few days
During the weekend and Aid celebrations there will be an extreme heatwave according to the Algerian weather forecasta, which says there will be scorching temperatures from tomorrow in areas of western and central Algeria accodring to El Watan..
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Temperatures will be between 40 ° C and 45 ° C on Friday and Saturday and will affect the provinces of western and central regions, the National Office of Meteorology said on Thursday in a special bulletin.
Maximum temperatures will be at or above 40 ° c be locally in the wilayas of Oran, Mostaganem, Chlef, Tipasa, Algiers and Boumerdes. Furthermore, maximum temperatures at or above 45 ° c locally will hit the wilayas of Tlemcen (south), Sidi Bel Abbes, Saida, Mascara, Relizane, Chlef (south), Ain Defla, Tissemsilt, Medea, Blida, Tizi-Ouzou (south) and Bouira, according to the special ballot.
Moreover El Watan also notes that since the beginning of August, fires are being reported daily by the forest conservation workers in Tizi Ouzou. The first half of this month of August was the most devastating.According to an assessment by forest conservation, ending August 14, over 3500 hectares of vegetation went up in smoke in 282 fires.
A blow to area farmers who lost more than 7,900 fruit trees, mainly olive trees olive -1970 according to preliminary statistics, or an estimated area of 444 ha in different localities. Last week, several fire starts were reported in the Daira Azazga (40 km east of Tizi Ouzou).
The fire reduced to ashes several hectares of cork oak in the locality Azrou Amellal a forest located in the town of Yakourene. The worst has been avoided on the side of Larbaa Nath Irathen (27 km east of Tizi Ouzou), or more outbreaks of fires broke out last Monday. Until yesterday, the fire has not been mastered.
The municipalities involved are Ait Aggouacha, Larbaâ Irathen Nath, whose villages of Ait Frah, Ath Mimoun and Thaddarth Oufella were threatened by the advancing fires close to their homes.
Maximum temperatures will be at or above 40 ° c be locally in the wilayas of Oran, Mostaganem, Chlef, Tipasa, Algiers and Boumerdes. Furthermore, maximum temperatures at or above 45 ° c locally will hit the wilayas of Tlemcen (south), Sidi Bel Abbes, Saida, Mascara, Relizane, Chlef (south), Ain Defla, Tissemsilt, Medea, Blida, Tizi-Ouzou (south) and Bouira, according to the special ballot.
Moreover El Watan also notes that since the beginning of August, fires are being reported daily by the forest conservation workers in Tizi Ouzou. The first half of this month of August was the most devastating.According to an assessment by forest conservation, ending August 14, over 3500 hectares of vegetation went up in smoke in 282 fires.
A blow to area farmers who lost more than 7,900 fruit trees, mainly olive trees olive -1970 according to preliminary statistics, or an estimated area of 444 ha in different localities. Last week, several fire starts were reported in the Daira Azazga (40 km east of Tizi Ouzou).
The fire reduced to ashes several hectares of cork oak in the locality Azrou Amellal a forest located in the town of Yakourene. The worst has been avoided on the side of Larbaa Nath Irathen (27 km east of Tizi Ouzou), or more outbreaks of fires broke out last Monday. Until yesterday, the fire has not been mastered.
The municipalities involved are Ait Aggouacha, Larbaâ Irathen Nath, whose villages of Ait Frah, Ath Mimoun and Thaddarth Oufella were threatened by the advancing fires close to their homes.
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